No person shall operate a motorized foot scooter within the City limits unless the following requirements are met. The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter:

A. Minimum age. No motorized foot scooter shall be operated on any street or other public area not otherwise prohibited by this chapter unless the operator is at least sixteen (16) years of age.

B. Helmet required. Any person operating a motorized foot scooter upon any public area shall wear an approved helmet.

C. Passengers. No person shall transport or tow another person on, in or with a motorized foot scooter upon any public area.

D. Lighting Required. Every motorized foot scooter operated between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before dawn shall be equipped with a lamp on the front, which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front.

E. Reflector Required. Every motorized foot scooter operated between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before dawn shall be equipped with a red reflector on the rear of the scooter in the manner and of a type approved by the Washington State Patrol. The reflector shall be visible from all distances up to six hundred feet to the rear.

F. Every motorized foot scooter shall be equipped with a brake that will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.

G. Every gas motorized foot scooter shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise. The use of a cutout, bypass, or similar muffler elimination device, is prohibited on any gas motorized foot scooter.

H. Every motorized foot scooter shall be equipped so that the drive motor is engaged through a switch lever or other mechanism that when released will cause the drive motor to disengage or cease to function.